Manus languages

E168455
Oceanic language group language family

Manus languages are a group of closely related Oceanic Austronesian languages spoken primarily on Manus Island and nearby islands in Papua New Guinea.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Manus languages canonical 2
West Manus languages 1

Statements (35)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oceanic language group ⓘ
language family ⓘ
areCloselyRelated each other ⓘ
areDocumentedBy field linguists ⓘ
areEndangered some member languages ⓘ
arePartOf Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
surface form: Admiralty Islands language group

Western Oceanic ⓘ
surface form: Western Oceanic linkage
areSpokenOn Manus Island ⓘ
nearby smaller islands around Manus ⓘ
areStudiedIn Oceanic Linguistics ⓘ
surface form: Oceanic linguistics
areUsedFor local communication in Manus Province ⓘ
coexistWith English (Papua New Guinea) ⓘ
Tok Pisin ⓘ
country Papua New Guinea ⓘ
ethnolinguisticArea Manus Island communities ⓘ
geneticClassification Admiralty Islands languages ⓘ
Austronesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Austronesian

Malayo-Polynesian languages ⓘ
surface form: Malayo-Polynesian

Oceanic ⓘ
haveSubgroup East Manus languages ⓘ
Manus languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: West Manus languages
haveWritingSystem Latin script (for some languages) ⓘ
languageBranch Oceanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Austronesian languages ⓘ
locatedIn Admiralty Islands ⓘ
Bismarck Archipelago ⓘ
Manus Island ⓘ
region Manus Province ⓘ
northern coast of New Guinea ⓘ
surface form: northern Papua New Guinea
subclassOf Austronesian languages ⓘ
Oceanic languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature inclusive–exclusive distinction in first person plural pronouns ⓘ
predominantly SVO word order ⓘ
rich pronominal systems ⓘ
use of prepositions rather than postpositions ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western Oceanic languages → hasSubgroup → Manus languages ⓘ
Admiralty Islands languages → hasSubgroup → Manus languages ⓘ
Manus languages → haveSubgroup → Manus languages self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: West Manus languages